Kelso War Memorial
Posted in War Memorials at 12:00 on 5 September 2013
The memorial is sited in a lovely garden hard by the Abbey.
The memorial centres around a pedestal surmounted by a cross. This is flanked by stone walls bearing name panels.
This aspect faces the road. The pedestal has a figure in a niche and the inscription on the stone is to the Great War.
This photo shows the plaques on the inner sides of the walls on which are inscribed the names. The lower plaque on each stone is for World War 2.
Lots of Polish soldiers were stationed in Kelso during World War 2 and trained there. This plaque – on the rear wall of the gardens – commemorates three who died in training.
An accompanying plaque acknowledges the welcome the Polish forces received in the town. I believe they caused quite a stir among the local ladies!
Also at the back of the gardens is this plaque to a soldier from Kelso who won a VC in the Boer War.
Tags: Boer War, First World War, Kelso, Kelso Abbey, Polish forces, Second World War, the Great War, VC, Victoria Cross, War Memorials, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
